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1/11/11

Mood Lighting: Project ReStyle Week 2

When I first saw this vintage drum lamp shade at a flea market in Oklahoma City I wasn't sure if I wanted to turn it into a mobile or a fun photo display but then realized it could serve a practical purpose instead! I used four strands of white wire Christmas lights that I carefully wrapped around the lamp frame and then attached two plant hooks into the ceiling to hang it over our new bed. It's large scale makes it perfect as a focal point in our room and the glow of the light is absolutely beautiful after dark!

To celebrate 1/11/11 we built a bed fort with a few of my favorite vintage sheets and a random old curtain panel. We read books and had a tickle fight and took some funny Instax photos to mark the occasion!

Check back every Wednesday for more posts sharing ways to refashion and restyle unwanted or unloved things into something fantastic! Elsie and I have been so excited by the response! I love that so many of you are joining in and sharing because it shows how many of you are already restyling experts!

oh. my. goodness. Great job rachel! Ive been wanting to do something with my white christmas lights for our TV room 'cause it doesnt have an overhead light like that and I think this will be just great :) Oh, and I love the bed fort, you're so creative!

I LOVE the light! What a great idea! I also love that painting! A local coffee shop has that same painting of the lake hung in the bathroom. They have modge podged old black and white cutout photos of people from the fifties and sixties sun bathing around it. I laugh every time I go in to pee :)

Wow, I love the lighting! Our family is growing and in the next couple of months we will be trading our bedroom with walls for a space in the basement. I have been thinking about how to make the space comfy & cozy and I think white lights are just the thing. Thanks!And I love love love the words over vintage art that Diane painted! Great idea :)

What a great use for Christmas lights in the off season (or year round). Yours is one of a few four post beds I've seen this week and now I'm wishing for one. I love the idea of draping sheets and creating a fort!

Oh my goodness Rachel! That light is exactly what my bedroom needs! I can't wait to put mine together, and with Christmas lights on clearance right now it will certainly be a super-budget friendly project. Thanks for sharing this idea!Leanne

my friend geoff used to always take painting and draw on them....he's an amazing artist. my favorite thing he did was take this cheese ocean scene that my friend Chris had hanging over his fireplace (he got it from a dentist office that was going out of business)....geoff "stole" the painting and quickly drew these huge figures of the Village People looming over the water. It was SO funny and awesome....he sneakily replaced it over the fireplace. Chris came home and it was a couple of hours later that he noticed it, it was hilarious!: )xoalix